Last night in Tampa, there was an event to rally people to persuade the military and the Obama administration to dump the "Don't Ask,Don't Tell" policy on gays in the military, as CL's Alexis Chamberlain reports:

Kendrick Meek took home one key endorsement over the weekend and shared another with Charlie Crist;

On Saturday, the Hillsborough County Republican Party and other GOP clubs locally participated in a straw poll.  The numbers show that the Eddie Adams Jr.-Mike Prendergast battle is shaping up as pretty competitive;

On Friday, we watched the 5 Republicans and 1 Democrat vying for the Florida House District 47 seat debate in Tampa.  You can read our review here:

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